Is it good? ABV is one thing...bread yeast and generic honey is another.I made a mead using all ingredients from costco. Well, except for the DAP. Fermented it using the red star bread yeast that they sell in the big bricks.
It came in at a whopping 17% ABV.
Is it good? ABV is one thing...bread yeast and generic honey is another.
From what I understand, especially from the Stickys:
You lose a lot of honey character in the primary fermentation. If you are planing on back sweetening then you can do your primary with a generic honey and then backsweeten with the more expensive honey and still get the great flavor and character of the more expensive honey. Worth trying I think.
Me, I usually do a 5 gal batch with 12 pounds of honey and let it ferment out and then stablized and backsweeten with 6 pounds. Ofcourse, My current source is about the prices you are seeing on the Costco honey. I know a few people but for regular alfalfa and wildflower it's about the same price. A little more for Orange Blossom. So I just stick with the same honey source.
I may just have to do a test with this though.
Batch 1: 12 pounds of cheap honey, backsweetening with my chosen honey type with 6 pounds.
Batch 2: 12 pounds of my chosen honey type, backsweetening with my chosen honey type.
Then seeing what the difference is. Has anyone done this?
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